Belle Grove Celebrates 50th Anniversary as a Museum

Posted August 13, 2017

August 13, 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of Belle Grove Plantation operating as a historic house museum. The property was bequest by Francis Welles Hunnewell of Wellesley, Massachusetts to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to become a museum. Mr. Hunnewell…
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Belle Grove Hosts Warren-Page County NAACP Black History Month Program

Posted February 04, 2017

In association with Belle Grove Plantation, the Warren-Page Branch #7125 of the NAACP celebrated Black History Month on February 4, 2017. The event was free and open to the public; more than 100 people attended. The program began with an…
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For the 2016 holiday season, Belle Grove Plantation featured decorated trees in each room of the historic Manor House for “O Tannenbaum--A Festival of Trees.” In addition to the centerpiece 12-foot tree in the Parlor, area Garden Clubs adorned each…
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"The Slave Dwelling Project" Visits Belle Grove

Posted October 20, 2016

As part of its commemoration of the 152nd Anniversary of the Battle of Cedar Creek, Belle Grove Plantation included a visit from The Slave Dwelling Project. Founder Joseph McGill's organization works to document and preserve extant slave dwellings and they…
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Belle Grove Plantation hosted the traveling exhibition "To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade" from Wednesday, July 27 through Sunday, September 25, 2016. This exhibit was created by the Library of Virginia with support from the National Endowment…
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Exhibit Discusses Slavery at Belle Grove Plantation

Posted March 19, 2016

On Saturday, March 19, Belle Grove Plantation will opened for the 2016 with a new permanent exhibit that discusses slavery at Belle Grove. It is on display of the lower level of the Manor House and may be viewed as…
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